EDITOR’S VOICE TCF CONTACTS EDITORIAL


Hello and welcome to the November 2018 issue of Tomorrow’s Contract Floors.


This month’s edition is proof that flooring in any setting doesn’t need to be boring.


Thankfully, we’ve said good bye to the drab grey floors in the hospitals and schools of yesteryear and instead welcomed colour and creativity to the design process.


In our public sector feature, we shine the spotlight on some fantastically bright and beautiful installations. Amtico has created a vibrant floor surface at the School of


Design, Leeds which as well as looking spectacular, also aids visitors in finding their way around the campus building. We then take a look at a stunning refurbishment


of a children’s hospice where Altro’s boldest products are making a positive impact on the young people who use the facility.


As designers are seeking out evermore creative ways to inject colour and pattern


into interior schemes, the flooring industry is keeping up with demand by launching modular products that make it easier than ever to produce bespoke or original


designs. It’s therefore essential that contractors are up to date with the techniques and products to enable this. With this in mind, we hear from Roger Moore of Altro


who provides some top tips for installing LVT patterns and the pitfalls to avoid while F. Ball’s Stephen Boulton talks us through the perfect system for designer floors.


And while bright flooring in some sectors may be a relatively new trend, in other


environments such as casinos the use of colour and pattern is ubiquitous. Don’t miss our Spotlight where Balta looks at the psychology behind the chaos of casino carpets.


Elsewhere in the issue we take a look at Screeds & Resins. Ross Verity of ForceDry Ltd explains how force drying liquid screeds can make underfloor heating a


commercially viable solution for all kinds of buildings. Plus, Alison Thomson of Incorez, discusses waterborne epoxy curing agents for industrial floors.


I hope you enjoy reading!


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